fix: use postinstall hook instead of node-linker=hoisted to fix Vercel symlinks

Co-authored-by: hotlong <50353452+hotlong@users.noreply.github.com>
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Author: Copilot

.npmrc

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 auto-install-peers=false
-node-linker=hoisted

apps/demo/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "objectstack serve --dev",
     "build": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "start": "objectstack serve"
+    "start": "objectstack serve",
+    "postinstall": "node scripts/patch-symlinks.cjs"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@hono/node-server": "^1.19.11",

apps/demo/scripts/patch-symlinks.cjs

@@ -8,9 +8,18 @@
  * "invalid deployment package … symlinked directories". This script
  * replaces ALL top-level symlinks with real copies of the target
  * directories so that Vercel can bundle the serverless function.
+ *
+ * This script is invoked as a postinstall hook and is a no-op outside
+ * the Vercel build environment (process.env.VERCEL is not set locally).
  */
 'use strict';
 
+// Only run during Vercel builds. Skip in local development to preserve
+// pnpm workspace symlinks for live-reload.
+if (!process.env.VERCEL) {
+    process.exit(0);
+}
+
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 

apps/demo/vercel.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "api/**/*.ts": {
       "memory": 1024,
       "maxDuration": 60,
-      "includeFiles": "{packages/*/dist,node_modules/@object-ui/console/dist,node_modules/@objectstack/plugin-auth/dist,node_modules/@objectstack/studio/dist}/**"
+      "includeFiles": "{node_modules/@object-ui/console/dist,node_modules/@objectstack/plugin-auth/dist,node_modules/@objectstack/studio/dist,node_modules/@objectql/example-project-tracker/dist}/**"
     }
   },
   "rewrites": [